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noun
1.
an officer, similar to a sheriff or a sheriff's deputy, employed to execute writs and processes, make arrests, keep order in the court, etc.
2.
(in Britain) a person charged with local administrative authority, or the chief magistrate in certain towns.
3.
(especially in Britain) an overseer of a landed estate or farm.
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bailiff
mid-13c., from O.Fr. baillif (12c., nom. baillis) "administrative official, deputy," from V.L. *bajulivus "official in charge of a castle," from L. bajulus "porter." Used in M.E. of a public administrator of a district, a chief officer of a Hundred, or an officer under a sheriff.
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